Running for the position of Mayor of Makati City, the daughter of Vice-President Jejomar Binay and a scion of one of the most powerful families in the country was actually the inspiration for this series. She caught our attention after busting out some seriously awkward moves in front of her supporters during her proclamation rally.

Dancing seemed to work as the younger Binay reclaimed Makati with 160,320 votes so far. Her husband Luis Campos also won the city's second legislative district seat, the post Abby is set to vacate.

Our second entrant was the presidential candidate, who coaxed her son Brian into making her Cebu sortie his dance floor.

The former CNN Philippines anchor's groove, however, wasn't enough to win her mother the presidency, as she only has 8,917,266 votes, good enough for third place behind Mar Roxas and apparent winner Rodrigo Duterte. On Monday, Poe conceded to the maverick mayor and called for unity after the elections.

The action movie star-turned-governor continued the trend of prancing political aspirants, wowing the crowd with his version of the Nae Nae.

Despite looking more spry than his backup dancers, Asiong Salongafailed to snag Laguna's gubernatorial seat with just 232,927 votes. He lags behind his son Jorge Antonio and the re-elected incumbent Governor Ramil Hernandez.

Unfortunately, the funny ad didn't propel Romulo into the Top 12 and has managed 4,706,675 votes so far, 22nd among 50 senatorial hopefuls.

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Catherine Barcelona-Reyes

Our last entrant in our election series was Barcelona-Reyes, who went to the lowest of the low by airing gubernatorial rival Edgardo Tallado's sex scandal in a public market in Labo, Camarines Norte.

Sadly, the plan backfired on her, as she is currently behind Tallado with 106,103 votes, as compared to her rival's 111,318.

Aside from those we featured in our Things Politicos Do For Votes series, here's an update on the other candidates whom we were unable highlight, but whose antics still made noise in social media.

Ernesto 'Titing' Tumulak

The name-recall notwithstanding, Sir Titing's push to secure for himself a seat in Lapu-Lapu, Cebu's 10-man city council proved inadequate in the end as he only garnered 33,195 votes, good enough for 14th place. If he does try again three years from now, maybe borrowing a trick or two from the campaign ran by the eloquent Richard "Dick" Gordon for his winning senatorial bid could help. How about this for a slogan, good sir: "Ipasok/Itulak si Titing sa Konseho 2019"?

Eric Franco Habijan

The gay candidate who used the headturner of a slogan "Bata. Bago. Bakla" failed to get a council seat in Marikina's second district, which only has eight members. Habijan landed in 12th place with 28,692 votes.

Ferdie Marco

Marco made headlines in March by promising to give away free McMuffins on March 14—McDonald's National Breakfast Day. McDonald's then released a statement saying their event was not sponsored by any individual.

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The failed stunt might have affected Marco's standing in the elections, as he is currently lagging behind eight other candidates in the race for a Marikina first district council seat with just 30,731 votes.